Chesterfield, Virginia (AP) – President and Donald Trump Virginia Governor’s competition, significantly absent Republicans Winsome Earle-Sears He is turning to prominent Trump allies to help inspire supporters.
Democrats may be more excited than Republicans to welcome special guests.
Earl Sears will be holding a Friday night rally featuring Vivek Ramaswamy, the current Republican presidential candidate. Running for governor of Ohio. But it’s from Ramaswamy Short-lived tenure As a co-leader of government efficiency, Democrats attacked Democrats in states disproportionately affected by deep cuts in the federal workforce.
Former Rep. Abigail Spanberger, a Democratic candidate for the governor, called on Earl Sears to cancel the event in light of Ramaswamy’s role as “one of the leading architects of Doge’s efforts.”
The Earl Thurs team is excited to welcome Lamaswamy to an event outside Richmond, saying it emerged as a political powerhouse for Republican politics during the 2024 presidential election.
Perhaps the 2025 or 2026 elections will not test the political impact of Trump’s sweeping campaign to cut federal workers more than the race of the governor of Virginia. The Doge battle caused nationwide protests, dozens of lawsuits and left around five million Americans without jobs.
Many were in Virginia, where federal jobs were Approximately 5% of the state’s workforce. Specifically, Virginia will lose an estimated 32,000 jobs this year due to federal cuts, according to the University of Virginia Weldon Cooper Public Services Center.
The appearance of Ramaswamy highlights Trump’s absence in previous high-profile elections.
Earl Sears is widely considered a passionate follower of Trump’s Magazine movement, but the Republican president has not publicly committed to campaigning with her across the Potomac River or doing so. Republican operatives believe the president’s absence is linked to fear of supporting a candidate who could lose in November.
Earl Sears’ campaign was repeated ahead of a rally to welcome Trump to the state in her campaign on her behalf. The White House is a short drive from the northern Virginia border.
Still, Democrats hope that Friday’s focus will focus on Ramaswamy’s connection with Doge.
The mobile billboard truck, which highlights the issue, will circumnavigate the event and the Virginia Capitol complex, according to state Democrats. The billboard reads, “Wintham Earl Sears will place Doge and Trump in front of Virginia.”
The Earle-Sears team said Ramaswamy’s tenure with Doge is very short.
In fact, Trump initially named Lamaswamy co-leader of the department, but he quit his surgery less than two months to concentrate on his bid for the Ohio governor. High-tech Titan Elon Musk ultimately emerged as the face of Trump’s cost-cutting tactics.
At the time, Anna Kelly, a spokesman for the committee, said Ramaswamy. played an important role To help create Doge. ”
“We are very grateful for his contributions over the past two months and hope that he will play an important role in making America great again,” she said on Trump’s inauguration day.
Lamaswamy’s appearance is evidence that Earl Sears “will not defend Virginians who are losing their jobs,” Spanberger said.
“If she can’t do that now, Virginians certainly shouldn’t expect her to stand up for them as governor,” Spanberger said.
